In today’s environment of Data and Identity Theft, it is a company’s obligation to protect the data and provide their employees a safe computing environment. Small business owners face challenges to their business to get them started and into a growth pattern. Theft of computer equipment and a potential compromise of client data, business plans, or financials can be devastating. Small non-profit organizations that serve the local communities can have their efforts derailed to serve that community when thefts of computers occur. Companies in business parks and retail strip centers are particularly vulnerable to break-ins and subsequent theft. With the Privacy and Security Breach Laws in effect all across the USA, a small business can be crippled having to provide Breach Notification to all affected customers, and can suffer fines for non-compliance.

• Stolen or lost laptops account for 36% of all data breach cases. Data breaches concerning lost, missing or stolen laptops are more expensive than other data breach incidents
• More than 82% of the companies surveyed had more than one data breach during 2009 involving 1,000 or more records containing Personal Information
• The average organizational cost of a data breach increased from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009
• Data breaches cost their companies an average of $204 per compromised record – of which $144 pertained to indirect cost. Highly trusted industries per compromised record costs were higher, with Energy $237, Financial $249, Services $256, Research $266, Healthcare $294 and Pharma $310 per compromised record.

We recommend using CyberAngel® Security Software for any of the following situations:

• Any computer used in a business that is subject to regulatory compliance such as HIPPA, HITECH, SOX, FISMA, Graham Leach Bliley Act, Red Flags Rule, and / or state security breach laws.
• Any computer that contains or can access protected or confidential data including office based PCs, tablets, laptops or remote PCs.
• Any business partner’s computers that work with your protected or confidential data.
• Any employee’s personal computer that is used for communicating protected or confidential information / data.
• Any individual’s computer that contains personal or confidential data (online accounts, banking, bill pay, tax programs, budget and finance, education, health, legal, etc.).

Our goal at CyberAngel Security Solutions, Inc. is to help our clients prevent data breach incidents as a result of loss or theft and the recovery their stolen assets. Since such incidents appear to now be a fact of life for most organizations, we strive to work with our clients to ensure a comprehensive data protection schema for mobile computers and vulnerable desktop machines. We also want to ensure that the victims of thefts, most commonly the end-user, has a resource to provide them with recovery of that stolen asset. By virtue of being able to track and locate that stolen asset, we are often able to assist law enforcement with the recovery of other items stolen during that theft. Additionally, our clients rely on us to provide guidance in the protection of their computer assets that follow best practices and ensure regulatory compliance.